Provo victim services team reports heavy caseload, highlights language access and court supports

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City victim services staff told the Provo Municipal Council the program handled thousands of services in the first nine months of the year, with domestic violence the largest case type; staff warned that grant funding can shrink and described steps taken to help Spanish-speaking and immigrant victims.

Provo victim services staff briefed the Provo Municipal Council on Oct. 21, saying the unit handled thousands of contacts and a high number of protective-order and domestic-violence cases in the January–September reporting window. The presentation was led by Victim Services Program Coordinator Kim Thane and included advocates who described case examples and language-access work.

Thane said the panel highlighted a subset of their caseloads that the team judged to have the greatest community impact. For the nine-month period, Thane cited 365 domestic-violence incidents, 256 stalking and harassment reports, 195 child-victim cases, 161 adult sexual-assault cases and 120 adult physical-assault cases. Thane said the total number of services recorded in that period was 2,820, including crisis intervention and safety planning, law-enforcement accompaniment and notifications of criminal-justice events.

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Provo victim services team reports heavy caseload, highlights language access and court supports

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